Manuals

The CIT manuals are reference documents for the use of various types of consignment note and for the procedures to be followed for international freight traffic by rail. The parties (customers and carriers and carriers between themselves) must agree to them before they can be applied.

The CIT Freight Traffic Manual (GTM-CIT) specifies the standard way international carriage of freight by rail is to be performed so as to ensure the integrity of the contract of carriage. It lists the processes involved in providing international carriage of freight. For each process, it provides a working sheet defining the purpose of the process, the activities to be performed, the timescales for the tasks and the participants involved.

These manuals are supplemented by a checklist on sealing wagons and UTI and specifications for an electronic CIM/SMGS consignment note. It should be noted that specifications for the electronic CIM consignment note are contained in the consignment note manuals and in the GTM-CIT.

Appx 1: List of the CIT members and SMGS participants which apply this manual and the traffic axes to which it applies
Appx 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 3: List of reconsignment points
Appx 4: List of the addresses of departments to which applications for authorisation and agreement to consign are to be sent
Appx 5: CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 5.1: Specimen of the additional invoice forming part of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 6: Deliberately left blank
Appx 7.1: Explanatory notes on the completion and content of the CIM/SMGS wagon list
Appx 7.2: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS wagon list
Appx 7.3: Explanatory notes on the use and content of the CIM/SMGS container list
Appx 7.4: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS container list
Appx 7.5: Procedure to be followed in the event of detaching wagons or containers from groups of wagons/containers consigned using a single CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 8: Explanatory notes on the completion of the CIM/SMGS formal report
Appx 8.1: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS formal report
Appx 9: List of addresses of the departments of carriers to which claims must be sent for further handling under the CIM/SMGS claims procedure

Appx 1: List of the CIT members and SMGS participants which apply this manual and the traffic axes to which it applies
Appx 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 3: List of reconsignment points
Appx 4: List of the addresses of departments to which applications for authorisation and agreement to consign are to be sent
Appx 5: CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 5.1: Specimen of the additional invoice forming part of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 6: Deliberately left blank
Appx 7.1: Explanatory notes on the completion and content of the CIM/SMGS wagon list
Appx 7.2: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS wagon list
Appx 7.3: Explanatory notes on the use and content of the CIM/SMGS container list
Appx 7.4: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS container list
Appx 7.5: Procedure to be followed in the event of detaching wagons or containers from groups of wagons/containers consigned using a single CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 8: Explanatory notes on the completion of the CIM/SMGS formal report
Appx 8.1: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS formal report
Appx 9: List of addresses of the departments of carriers to which claims must be sent for further handling under the CIM/SMGS claims procedure

CIM/SMGS specifications

Jan. 1, 2016

Functional and Legal Specifications for the Electronic CIM/SMGS Consignment Note

Recommendations to undertakings intending to use an electronic version of the CIM/SMGS consignment note.

Recommendations to undertakings intending to use an electronic version of the CIM/SMGS consignment note.

Applicable with effect from 8 July 2009/Edition 1 October 2013

246 pages

GR-CIM/SMGS

Jan. 1, 2019

CIM/SMGS Reconsignment Manual (GR-CIM/SMGS)

This manual contains the special provisions for traffic between states applying the CIM Uniform Rules and those applying the SMGS when consignments are reconsigned en route using a new consignment note.

This manual contains the special provisions for traffic between states applying the CIM Uniform Rules and those applying the SMGS when consignments are reconsigned en route using a new consignment note.

Document containing the pages of the GR-CIM/SMGS replaced by the amendment No 6.

12 pages

GR-CIM/SMGS

July 1, 2016

CIM/SMGS Reconsignment Manual (GR-CIM/SMGS)

Special conditions for traffic between states applying the CIM Uniform Rules and states applying the SMGS for consignments which are reconsigned at the interface between these two legal regimes using a new consignment note.

Special conditions for traffic between states applying the CIM Uniform Rules and states applying the SMGS for consignments which are reconsigned at the interface between these two legal regimes using a new consignment note.